Asia-pacific

Scientists have discovered that ancient Chinese may have had a regular helping of giant panda meat as a part of their diet. Now why would scientists think that prehistoric Chinese people were eating giant pandas? Of all the food available, why panda? Well, the recently discovered fossil records seems to suggest this. The Institute of Three Gorges Paleoanthropology lead scientist ... Read More »

The website of the Mascow court that sentenced three members of Pussy Riot to 2 years in prison has been hacked. Anonymous? Sweet Revenge? The Russian offshoot of the loose-knit movement known as Anonymous tweeted that it had taken down the website of the Khamovniki district court. According to search engines’ cached pages, the hackers posted Pussy Riot’s latest song ... Read More »

Three members of the Russian Punk bank “Pussy Riot” has been sentenced to 2-years in jail as they have been found guilty of hooliganism. In short, they mocked the Russian president Valdamir Putin during a “punk prayer” in a Moscow cathedral. Judge Marina Syrova announced the verdict from a district court in central Moscow, about two miles from the Christ ... Read More »

Lady Gaga has canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after protests against her were reaching new heights everyday and over security concerns. The protesters threatened to go violent if the Lady Gaga when ahead with her “Born This Way Ball”. The Islamic Defenders Front said Lady Gaga’s sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt youth in the world’s most ... Read More »

A rescue team found several bodies but no survivors on Thursday in the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia during an exhibition flight with 45 people on board. Russia said it would take part in the investigation of the crash of its first all-new passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union, a ... Read More »

A Russian-made plane, Sukhoi SuperJet 100 carrying 46 people has disappeared and lost contact with Air Controllers. A rescue team has been already dispatched to the area. National search agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said the Sukhoi Superjet-100 was on a demonstration flight when it lost contact with authorities near Salak mountain in West Java province. He said a rescue team ... Read More »

The South Korean government revealed Monday that it recently seized thousands of capsules filled with the powdered flesh of dead babies. Reportedly, some people believe the powder has medicinal purposes and was created in northeastern China. South Korea has reportedly been reluctant to criticize China directly over the incident, out of fears of creating diplomatic friction with the country. But ... Read More »